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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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